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"Cheat Sheet" with Research Tips and Shortcuts Inside!

Find Out How to Use the Web Effectively for All Kinds of Research Projects! Ever been caught in a maze of irrelevant Web links that draw you further and further away from the topic you were trying to research? Researching Online For Dummies^® shows you how to stay focused, find just what you need on the Net, and apply that information to the project you're working on. Valuable Bonus CD Includes:

Microsoft's popular Web browser
Netscape's powerful Web browser
Northern Light: Excerpts of help files from this useful search engine
Acrobat Reader: For viewing and printing PDF files

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Inside, find helpful advice on how to:

Choose the best search engine for your research project
Use search tools specialized for your area of interest
Link up with a virtual guru for guidance on your quest
Get just what you need from online libraries, archives, and gated information services
Tackle governmental cyber-bureaucracy like a special agent
Make the most of the business and investing data on the Web
Verify your information, deal with copyright issues, and cite online resources properly

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Publication date

July 3, 1998
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Although this Dummies book is in the typical informal and irreverent beginner's style, even the most competent searcher will find it invaluable. Author Reva Basch has written the gold standard for books about online research. Wired magazine calls her "the ultimate intelligent agent" for a very good reason. Basch doesn't just give you information on search engines and how to use them. She takes you into the mindset of a professional Net cybrarian, sharing the essential truth about online research. (There is a huge difference between surfing and searching.) In chapters such as "Thinking and Working Like a Researcher," you learn what to do when presented with 42,178 hits--or worse, no hits at all--when using a search engine. Even when you hit pay dirt, Basch explains the importance of evaluating the information you find to make sure it's relevant and accurate.

Basch covers specialty search engines, subject-based catalogs, reference sites, online libraries, and for-pay information services. She takes you to the places where the experts hang out in newsgroups, mailing lists, and online conferencing systems. One especially helpful chapter deals with the mysteries of researching government, medical, and sci-tech information online. The discussion then moves to business-related research, online publications, and many other resources. Then she reveals that sometimes you have to go offline to get what you need and includes helpful print sources.

This terrific volume concludes with the famous Dummies "Part of Tens," including Ten Timeless Truths about Search Engines and Ten Clarifying Questions for Better Research Results. The accompanying CD-ROM has three bonus chapters: "Life Choices," about using the Net to find information on finding a college, a car, a job, and other necessities; "Recreational Interests: Hobbies, Interests, and Leisure-Time Pursuits"; and "Ten Simple Tune-ups for Streamlined Searching." A bonus section on Boolean searches contains one of the better discussions of that misunderstood subject. --Elizabeth Lewis

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About Reva Basch Reva Basch, prolific writer and speaker, ran her own online research business for more than ten years. She has been published extensively in information industry journals and has keynoted at conferences across the world.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ For Dummies; First Edition (July 3, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764503820
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764503825
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.46 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.42 x 0.93 x 9.26 inches

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Shelley Barnes

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Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2000

As a novice web surfer, Resaerching Online for Dummies (like me) by Revea Basch and Mary Ellen Bates was just what the doctor ordered. From the world behind the web to thinking and working like a researcher, Basch has provided the basic information necessary for understanding what the web is and what it does and does not do.
Before reading this book I thought a search engine was something a mechanic used to find the infamous "clunk" noise no one at the car dealership can hear. However, it wasn't long before I found my self saying things like "maybe I should try excite." Or, "I bet I can use GO to get what I need." Is this OK to post in public?
But, by the time I read the chapter on specialty search engines I felt like I was cruising the inormation superhighway like no one had ever done before. Dot com this and dot com that.
As I continued through the text I did find myself becoming a little annoyed at the pejorative nature of the writing. I guess that's why the title is Researching Online for "Dummies." This minor distraction aside, Basch has done an excellent job of making sense of this hypertechnical computer lingo. One thing is for sure. "I won't leave my home page without it."

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Louis M. De Jesus

Very informative

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2007

You can fine everything you want, just learn from the book how. I have a very good opinion of the book but they need a new version up to date.

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Alan Thornton

The best online reference for new or seasoned researchers

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2000

I've been researching online since 1994 and I found something that I didn't know on almost every page of this book. It is informative enough to keep a seasoned researcher entertained but simple to use for a first time web searcher.
I may have to have my copy hard bound somewhere to keep it from falling apart through overuse.

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Don't go online without it!

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 1998

This is a must-have reference guide, even for seasoned on-line researchers. I keep it on my desk all the time.

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